Lovell v. Alderete

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming dismissal of actions as moot and referring to their facts in determining whether denial of fees appropriate
• “Even though Lovell’s [FOIA] suits were mooted by the production of the requested documents, mootness does not automatically preclude an award of attorney’s fees.”
• “The mere fact that the information sought was not released until after the suit was instituted without more is insufficient to establish that [plaintiff] substantially prevailed in either of his suits.”
• Thomas A. Clark, Circuit Judge, dissenting

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Charles E. Perry v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-07-30· cited 759×
• Lapka v. Chertoff
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-02-29· cited 178×
• Robert B. Clarkson v. Internal Revenue Service and John Henderson, District Director
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-06-21· cited 92×
• Terry Louis Carter v. Veterans Administration Paul Issing, Regional Director and T.A. Verrill, Adjudication Officer
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-01-22· cited 64×
• Mary Williams Cazalas v. United States Department of Justice
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-11-07· cited 63×
• Rouse v. United States Department of State
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-05-22· cited 44×
• Cofield v. City of Atlanta
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-06-23· cited 43×
• Michael Alan Crooker v. United States Parole Commission
  First Circuit· 1984-03-21· cited 38×
• Aviation Data Service v. Federal Aviation Administration
  Tenth Circuit· 1982-09-24· cited 34×
• Mary Williams Cazalas v. United States Department of Justice, Attorney General William French Smith and United States Attorney John Volz
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-11-05· cited 30×
• First Amendment Coalition v. United States Department of Justice
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-08-25· cited 29×
• Anderson v. United States Department Of Health & Human Services
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-08-27· cited 28×
• Mark Batton v. Internal Revenue Service
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-06-20· cited 28×
• State of Texas v. Interstate Commerce Commission, and Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-07-18· cited 27×
• Leonard Ginter v. Internal Revenue Service and District Director, Paul D. Williams
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-05-04· cited 21×
• Simon v. United States
  District of Columbia· 1984-07-17· cited 21×
• DePlanche v. Califano
  W.D. Michigan· 1982-10-04· cited 17×
• McReady v. Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-01-11· cited 17×
• Seegull Manufacturing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-08-28· cited 16×
• Ellis v. United States
  D. Utah· 1996-04-12· cited 14×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 1,251×
• Gilbert A. Cuneo v. Donald H. Rumsfeld
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-05-11· cited 220×
• Nationwide Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Arthur Sampson, Administrator, U. S. General Services Administration
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-04-18· cited 209×
• Eddie David Cox v. United States Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1979-06-11· cited 204×
• Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr., Etc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Jerome Kurtz, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Defendants- Appellants-Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-02-14· cited 120×
• Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council, Inc. v. William J. Usery, Secretary of Labor
  Second Circuit· 1976-12-09· cited 110×
• George E. Blue, Cross-Appellant v. Bureau of Prisons, Cross-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-03-30· cited 103×
• Doe v. Marshall
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-21· cited 76×
• Paul G. Rabalais v. Dresser Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-01-19· cited 46×
• Holly v. Acree
  District of Columbia· 1976-09-03· cited 36×
• Robert T. Burke v. United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Tenth Circuit· 1977-06-07· cited 31×
• Herbert Carr and Retha Carr Etc. v. Herschell Saucier, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-10-11· cited 31×
• Marschner v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ETC.
  D. Connecticut· 1979-05-04· cited 22×
• Smith v. Flaherty
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1978-09-21· cited 13×
• Werner-Continental, Inc. v. Farkas
  S.D. Ohio· 1979-10-22· cited 10×
• Barrett v. United States Customs Service & the Department of Treasury
  E.D. Louisiana· 1980-01-18· cited 6×